I am a thief....

Today I want to talk about the song Thief by Third Day and how this song moves me to my core every single time I hear it. I literally stop what I'm doing and I imagine myself singing this song. I am a thief, I am a murderer, walking up this lonely hill. This is me. This is all of us. This man is no different from you or me. Sure his sin might be greater, but sin is sin right? He looks over and he sees Jesus hanging from that cross and he says "Who is this man? This man beside me, they call the king of jews. They don't believe that he's the Messiah, but somehow I know its true."

At that very moment the thief knew Jesus was the Messiah.

The thief continues:

My time has come and I'm slowly fading
I deserve what I receive
Jesus when You are in Your kingdom
Could You please, please remember me?

And He looks at me still holding on
The tears fall from His eyes
And He says I tell the truth
Today, you will be with Me in paradise
And I know that my time, yes my time is coming soon

When the song talks about tears falling from His eyes is usually where I completely lose it because I am the thief and Jesus saved me too. I can imagine the betrayal He felt from being crucified by His own people. I imagine the pain He is in. I imagine that He is so pure that He literally took the time to save the man next to Him and I just want to be more like Him.

So often compassion leaves me and I find myself being hateful or mean. Even if its only in my own mind. I am jealous of people. I say mean things about people. I'm just really a mean person sometimes. I have to do a better job of remembering the price that Christ paid for my sins and work towards not being so hateful.

Lord thank you for dying for us. Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for teaching us that God is accessible to us no matter what. Even if we sin and fall short.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwPqCPMyypI